In late March 1972, the Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 was launched. But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its ...

A fragment of the failed Soviet Venus probe Cosmos 482 is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere around May 10, though ...

The spacecraft suffered an engine anomaly that left it stuck in Earth's orbit for decades, and now it's slated for an ...

South Carolina's last Venus flytraps exist at the Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve in Conway. More awareness about these ...

The spacecraft was designed to survive falling through Venus's atmosphere. 53 years after launch, it's coming back.

A half-ton Russian satellite that was built to land on Venus but never left Earth’s orbit could fall out of the sky intact in ...

Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...

It’s one straight out of the history books. After over 50 years in space, the late Soviet Union’s Kosmos-482 mission is set ...

In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...

A five-decade old spacecraft meant to explore Venus is likely to fall back to Earth next month. This spacecraft is an old ...

Cosmos 482 launched in late March 1972 toward Venus. However, the upper stage of its Soyuz booster shut down early. This left ...

But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its rocket-assisted toss to the cloud-veiled world. Major elements of that failed craft remained in Earth orbit. The upper stage of the Soyuz ...